Academic Presentations (Selected Since 2017)

Jones, C.  & Farrell, A. (2025, May 31-June 5). Bringing the Heat: (Peri-)Menopausal Teacher Educators in a Warming World. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Jones, C. (2025, May 31-June 5).  Integrating Rural and Indigenous ways of Knowing in Middle Years Mathematics. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Jones, C., Graham, J. M., Lam, M., & Stone, G. (2024, May 14). Roots and Routes of Rural Homelessness: A Manitoba study. [Virtual presentation]. Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations (MANSO), Housing Committee.

Jones, C. L., Lam, M., Graham, J. M. (2024, April 24-26). Unstable Housing in Rural Manitoba: Challenges and Solutions. [Paper presentation]. Mental Health on the Prairies Conference & Conversation 2024, Brandon, Manitoba.

Jones, C. L. (2023, August 6-11). Rural Experience and its Impacts on the Identities and Practice(s) of Teachers/Teacher Educators. [Paper/Chapter presentation]. The Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) 14^th International Biennial Conference, Herstmonceaux Castle, East Sussex, England.

Jones, C. L. & Farrell, A. J. (2023, August 6-11). Parallel Performance: Constructing Identities in a New Teacher Education Program. [Paper/Chapter presentation]. The Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) 14^th International Biennial Conference, Herstmonceaux Castle, East Sussex, England.

Jones, C., Lam, M, & Graham, J. M. (2023, June 6-8). Roots and Routes of Homelessness in Rural Manitoba. [Research presentation]. Canadian Rural and Remote Housing and Homelessness Symposium 2023, Brantford, ON. (Conference held online)

Jones, C., Graham, J. M., & Lam, M. (2023, May 31). Roots and Routes of Homelessness in Rural Manitoba. [Research presentation]. BU at the Public Library Speaker Series, Brandon, MB.

Jones, C. L., Graham, J. M., Lam, M. & Stone, G. (2022, December 8). Roots and Routes of Rural Homelessness in Rural Contexts. [Research presentation]. Faculty of Health Studies & Centre for Critical Studies of Rural Mental Health Seminar Series 2022, Brandon, MB (via Zoom).

Skyhar, C. L. & Farrell, A. (2021, May 29-June 3). Lessons Learned: Professional Women Educators Transitioning to Academe [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada. (Conference held online)

Farrell, A. & Skyhar, C. L. (2021, May 29-June 3). Mothers, Monsters and Dolls: Shifting identities of early career women in academe. [Round table]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada. (Conference held online)

Smith, C. A. & Skyhar, C. L. (2021, May 29-June 3).  Resonating experiences: Simulation as a catalyst for professional learning in rural contexts. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada.  (Conference held online)

Smith, C. A. & Skyhar, C. L. (2021, March 29).  Building rural leadership capacity through play. [Paper presentation]. National Congress on Rural Education in Canada (NCREC) 2021. (Conference held online)

Skyhar, C. L. & Farrell, A. (2020, May 30-June 4). Pulling back the curtain on pre-service teacher (and teacher educator) identity development [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada. (Conference canceled)

Farrell, A & Skyhar, C. L. (2020, May 30-June 4). Mothers, Monsters and Dolls: Shifting identities of early career women in academe. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada.  (Conference canceled)

Smith, C. A. & Skyhar, C. L. (2020, May 30-June 4).  What would the game say? Building leadership capacity through play in rural contexts. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada.  (Conference canceled)

Skyhar, C. L. & Nantais, M. (2019, June 1-5). Fostering school, university, and community relationships through a family math night. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Skyhar, C. L. (2019, June 3). Grassroots professional growth: Inquiring into the effectiveness of a locally constructed professional development model for rural teachers. [Poster presentation]. Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Skyhar, C. L. (2019, April 5-9). Using social constructivist principles for the design and evaluation of rural teacher professional development models [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Smith, C. A., & Skyhar, C. L. (2019, April 5-9). Developing capacity for leading change in rural educational contexts through simulation. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Clarke, C., Farrell, A., & Skyhar, C. L. (2019, March 15-17). Poetic Inquiry as Curriculum. [Paper presentation]. Provoking Curriculum Conference 2019, Regina, SK, Canada.

Skyhar, C. L. (2018, October 13). Grassroots professional growth [Conference presentation]. New Beginnings: A Community Connective Research Conference, Brandon, MB, Canada.

Skyhar, C. L. (2018, May 26-30). The Numeracy Cohort: A study of the effectiveness of one rural Manitoba teacher PD model. [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Regina, SK, Canada.

Nantais, M., Margetts, S., & Skyhar, C. L. (2017, November 3). Promoting numeracy through a family math night [Paper presentation]. Manitoba Education Research Network (MERN) Research Forum, Brandon, MB, Canada.

Skyhar, C. L. (2017, May 27-31). Mitigating rural challenges through a locally constructed PD model. [Round table presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.